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Jar Jar is a vital part of the story and fit in with the archetypes of story and myth that Lucas based ALL of the Star Wars movies on, and a character in which the viewers can learn important morals from.

Jar Jar Binks is the clown of the Star Wars films. And it makes sense to have him feature prominently in the first act. Looking to Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice, we see Lancelot the Clown featuring prominently in the early act of the play, providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs and largely disappearing later in the body of the work. Jar Jar works the same way, providing those laughs in the first movie, moving on to another purpose until disappearing completely by the middle of the saga. Clowns aren’t anything new to drama. They’ve appeared back as far as our history of theatre goes. Why should George Lucas be demonized for remaining consistent with his use of classic myth, drama, and archetype? Jar Jar is the sad bunny you help on the side of the road who gives you the magic beans to slay the dragon at the end of the journey.

As far as in The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar is supposed to be annoying, and funny to the kids. That's the point. We need to see past people for their annoyance and look at their inherent worth. Jar Jar saved the day and brought two nations of people together because just one person saw through the fog of annoyance. It’s a valuable lesson that would be well learned by those who seem to have the most hatred for Jar Jar.

That's one of the strongest morals to be learned in The Phantom Menace, and that's a reason to stand up for Jar Jar.



Because of his unifying nature in The Phantom Menace, he was promoted from clumsy annoyance to Senate representative in Attack Of The Clones. His role in the second episode of the Star Wars saga was particularly poignant for a number of reasons and explored how even the most well-meaning person can, by no fault of anything but his intention to do the right thing, be manipulated into perpetrating a great evil. In being made to feel that authorizing an army for the Chancellor was the right thing to do, he was complicit in the eventual destruction of the Republic.

This is an excellent lesson to be learned from Jar Jar in the Star Wars films, and it turned out to be disturbingly prescient. Six months after the release of Attack Of The Clones, the United States Congress unwittingly pulled a Jar Jar and gave George W. Bush the same war authority powers Palpatine was given and in another six months the United States would be embroiled in its longest, most senseless war to date.



As a final point, is this: You’ll always hear people say, “I hate Jar Jar,” and “Jar Jar annoyed me,” and, “Could someone please kill that obnoxious Gungan?” But think of this: how often do you hear people say, “I hated Jar Jar because he looked fake,” or, “I disliked Jar Jar because he didn’t interact with his environment well?” Not very often. The team at Industrial Light and Magic created the first all-CG character so convincingly that his physical presence was never the issue with fans, merely those choking on their own hubris.

Now, you can still hate Jar Jar if you want to, but it’s pretty clear that he worked for specific purposes in the films, whether you liked it or not. And if you can’t at least admit to this stuff, your inability to like the prequels has far more to do with a personal problem than with the actual films themselves.

Someone's out for a sTROLL.

So much better.

Empire was so fucking boring.

The prequels were better than the original trilogy.

I find your lack of intelligence disturbing.

ITT Verby thinks he's cool 'liking' what is objectively bad

*sips tea*

Well duh.

If you saw Phantom Menace in theaters as a kid and didn't love Jar Jar then you're a goddamn liar. If you hate him now because you "grew up" you missed the archetypical role of the character. If you're younger than me and saw the prequels after the OT then you're just parroting your middle-aged father who also thinks that 1983 was the single best year in music.

Star Wars is this site's #trigger.

Quote from: Noëlle on April 11, 2015, 07:57:37 PM

Literally kill yourself.

I was going to say that first, but then I found the image of Jar Jar getting punched to be amusing. XD

But yeah... What Noelle said. Kill youself Tackelberry.

The Empire Strikes back is objectively the worst of the main six Star Wars movied in the saga at this time.

Quote from: Verbatim on April 11, 2015, 08:02:26 PM

Quote from: Batch on April 11, 2015, 08:01:25 PM

*sips cum*

Cum is delicious.

I've got another smelly load cummin up

*sips tea*

Quote from: Decimator Omega on April 11, 2015, 08:00:14 PM

Quote from: Noëlle on April 11, 2015, 07:57:37 PM

Literally kill yourself.

I was going to say that first, but then I found the image of Jar Jar getting punched to be amusing. XD

But yeah... What Noelle said. Kill youself Tackelberry.

The Empire Strikes back is objectively the worst of the main six Star Wars movied in the saga at this time.

Nah. Empire > Return

Quote from: Decimator Omega on April 11, 2015, 08:08:50 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 11, 2015, 08:06:42 PM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on April 11, 2015, 08:00:14 PM

Quote from: Noëlle on April 11, 2015, 07:57:37 PM

Literally kill yourself.

I was going to say that first, but then I found the image of Jar Jar getting punched to be amusing. XD

But yeah... What Noelle said. Kill youself Tackelberry.

The Empire Strikes back is objectively the worst of the main six Star Wars movied in the saga at this time.

YouTube

If watching in the correct chronological order, TESB is the weakest of the films.

> Literally nothing happens to the Rebels that devastates them. The Battle of Hoth has no impact on ROTJ
> Vader reveals he is Luke's father, which you find out in Ep. III and Luke doesn't believe it until Ep. VI
> Reveals Yoda, who you met 5 movies ago, and was a persistant character in the first 3
> Reveals the Force, which is learned about over the first 4 movies already

Really, the only high points in that film that aren't repeated in other movies are Han Solo being frozen and meeting Lando.

Spoiler

Jimmies have been rustled.

*flips the bird*